Drum kit demo: Polyrhythmic snare 3 against 4 over fast jazz swing 8 bars

This is a drum kit demonstration. A polyrhythm is when you can discern while listening more than one main beat tempos and that these do not sub divide into each other by multiples of 2. So a beat which contains tempos like 50, 100 and 200 is not a polyrhythm, but if you can hear tempos like 50, 75 and 80 all at once, then what you have there may very well be described as a polyrhythm. Mathematically speaking the tempo numbers make up the odd order fractions: thirds, fifths, sixths, sevenths, but not eighths or twelves if that makes sense. The even order ones are debatable in my opinion.

Tuplets

However polyrhythms are not tuples, which in this case means to say a "three against four" polyrhythm does not involve any triplets. Or that a "five against four" rhythm does not involve any pentuplets. This video shows a polyrhythm of 3/4 which means for each 4 quarter notes in the 4/4 measure, there is going to be exactly 3 snares or exactly an average of 0.75 snares per beat (which makes no sense) but you get the point. Hopefully. 🙂

Thanks to: http://f.unkster.tripod.com/polyrhythm.html

The Commodore - Original Funk Review Feat. Ron La Pread

7 days ago last Thursday I jammed with a living legend, original bass player from 70s funk mega-group The Commodores and in my opinion composer of most the best, nastiest and funkiest tracks by the band such as Brick House, Easy, I Feel Sanctified, Young Girls are My Weakness, Too Hot Ta Trot, and the steaming mad with funk hit: Look What You've Done To Me Baby!

Ron La Pread is his name, still going strong, and all going to plan we will form a Commodores official review band and do some touring and hopefully also recording upcoming...

...hopefully my next email will be with dates for our first gig.

The Setlist So Far

The Commodore - Original Funk Review Feat. Ron La Pread Playlist: toohot.funk.nz (redirects to the youtube playlist I just made)

• CEBU 90 bpm 16ths hi-hat. bridge semi-drum solo comes at end is stab end.
• BRICK HOUSE 104 bpm drum fill intro. Shake it. Snare on all four.
• TOO HOT TA TROT 120 bpm guitar intro 4 bars. Quarter note anacrusis drum fill then more hi-hat.  Another 4 bars. Last snare of each 4 is anacrusis 16th as well. Hi-hat chokes are 1[4]&. Absolutely killer vibe in the keyboard solo
• EASY 69 bpm piano intro  4 bars
• LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE TO ME
• MACHINE GUN 110 bpm all crash in on the one! End is fade.
• NIGHTSHIFT 102 bpm (is that too slow? Try 104) 16th hi-hat.
• LADY YOU BRING ME UP 120 bpm guitar intro 8 bars. EXTRA BAR in intro. Fades out
• YOUNG GIRLS 84 bpm 4 bar “clavinet” keyboard intro. Kick on all four a little hi-hat. from beat 3 onwards of that last 4th bar, the snare only comes in with 8th notes 3& and that tom 4 snare on e&
• SQUEEZE THE FRUIT
• GIMME MY MULE
• FANCY DANCER (Dahyam thats fonky!!! Phuck!!!)
• FUNKY SITUATION (William King)
• FUNNY FEELINGS
• WON’T YOU COME DANCE WITH ME
• SLIPPERY WHEN WET guitar conga intro. 8 bars total, kick on 1 and 3 starts after 4 bars after fill from 3e a4& of 3rd bar.
• PATCH IT UP (Milan Williams)
• SORRY TO SAY (slap bass)
• SAY YEAH (Ballad)
• ZOOM (Ballad)
• YOU DON’T KNOW THAT I KNOW (ballad)
• THREE TIMES A LADY 74 bpm ¾ time. ballad. Piano intro. First verse no drums.
• LOVIN’ YOU (Ballad)